G/TBT/N/ECU/367/Rev.1  
28 October  2019 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : ECUADOR  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP  (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: www.produccion.gob.ec  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : - Prepared 
foods obtained by the sw elling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (HS 190410) ; 
Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted 
cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals (HS 190420) ; - Nuts, ground -
nuts and other seeds, wh ether or not mixed together : (HS 20081) ; - Flours, meals and 
pellets, of meat or meat offal ; greaves (HS 230110)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 060  (2R) "Bocaditos"  
(Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 060 "Snack 
foods") (8 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/367/Rev.1  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met b y snack foods, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported 
products, with the aim of protecting human health and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
• Fried or roasted grains, cereals and seeds that are marketed whole and in 
packaged form, such as toasted corn, ground nuts, broad beans, chickpeas and 
seeds;  
• Pig skin and pig skin by -products;  
• Fried or roasted products of plant origin marketed in packaged form, such as 
flakes, extruded products and swelled grains an d cereals.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, Labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety.  
8. Relevant documents : Normative references:  
1. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2561 :2010, Bocaditos de productos 
vegetales . Requisitos ; 
2. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2562 :2010, Bocaditos de cuero de 
cerdo . Requisitos ; 
3. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2570 :2011, Bocaditos de granos, 
cereales y semillas ; 
4. CODEX S TAN 192 -1995:2018, General Standard for Food Additives ; 
5. CODEX S TAN 193 -1995:2018, General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in 
Food and Feed;  
6. Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE I NEN 022  (2R):2014 + corrigendum 1:2015, 
Rotulado de productos alimenticios procesados, envasados y empaquetados.  
Notification history:  
G/TBT/N/ECU/367  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 6 months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 30 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/367/Rev.1  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP  (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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